Togoland - Togoland/Gold Coast Used As Bargaining Chips

Togoland/Gold Coast Used As Bargaining Chips

In 1899, Germany and Great Britain traded territory in the Samoan Isands for the Northern Solomon Islands and control in Tonga, using the Togoland Neutral Zone (Yendi) and the Volta Triangle as bargaining chips.

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